Question

Combine the following pair of sentences using a participle:

I was feeling a cool breeze. I threw open the window.

• A. Feeling a cool breeze, I threw open the window.
• B. The cool breeze, I threw open the window.
• C. Throwing open the window, I was feeling a cool breeze.
• D. The window throwing open, I was feeling a cool breeze.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

A gerund is a form of a verb used as a noun, whereas a participle is a form of verb used as an adjective or as a verb in conjunction with an auxiliary verb.

From the given options, option A is correct as the word 'feeling' is used:

- as a verb - to describe what the writer experienced physically. He felt the wind.

- as a adjective - as it is descriptive of what the writer experienced and did thereafter. (Threw open a window)

Hence, the word 'feeling' is used as a participle to join the sentences.

The incorrect options are:

B) - The structure of the sentence is incorrect as the first part is incomplete.

C) - As both 'throwing' and 'feeling' are acting as adjectives here.

D) - The sentence is incorrect as it uses the wrong tense of the word 'Throw'.